He crusaded for tough laws against those who used the Internet for sexual exploitation of children.
"They're sick people; they need mental health counseling," Foley said.
But, according to several former congressional pages, the congressman used the Internet to engage in sexually explicit exchanges.
I say hang him.
Obviously a lot of the most vocally anti-gay people are completely gay themselves. Perhaps in many of these people, reaction formation is a correct explanation. In the case of politicians, though, as well as some others, the anti-gay posing is probably just cynical, calculated misdirection.
All of this probably applies even more to child molesters. The people who make the loudest claims to be trying to protect kids probably include many who want to get next to the kids.